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- "The SEE Utilities" are five handy FREEWARE programs that enable you to:
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- ■ Provide people who get software from you with a way to view or print text
- ■ Set up fancy, nested menus in a batch file
- ■ Set up simple, one-line multiple-choice questions in a batch file
- ■ Control video text modes
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- Here are some of the things you can do with "The SEE Utilities"...
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- ■ Set up a DOS shell with an UNLIMITED number of menus
- ■ Create an on-disk magazine
- ■ Document and integrate any programs you write
- ■ Send "disk letters" to friends
- ■ Design diskette-based catalogs
- ■ Write a branching adventure story
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- "The SEE Utilities" are ideal for:
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- ■ Shareware, freeware and commercial software authors
- ■ Any computer user who wants to organize his hard disk
- ■ People who like DOS shells but need the flexibility of batch files
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- "The SEE Utilities" will:
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- ■ Use color or monochrome mode, as appropriate
- ■ Detect if the user is in 25-, 43- or 50-line mode and adjust accordingly
- ■ Work with a mouse, if installed
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- And what does all this cost you? ZERO. Nothing. FREE!
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- (Please refer to the "Distribution" section before giving copies away)
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- To see how each utility works, enter START at the DOS prompt.
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- If you already did that, then you're already using GO-MENU and SEE:
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- ■ GO-MENU is the menu you used to pick this article.
- ■ SEE is the program you're using right now to view this article.
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- After you've read through all the articles, you might find it helpful to
- have a look at the batch file START.BAT to see how it works. To view it,
- enter the following command at the DOS prompt:
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- SEE START.BAT
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- The programs SEE, SEESETUP, GETKEY, GO-MENU, SV and MIDNIGHT are:
- Copyright (C) 1991, 1993 by Pinnacle Software of Montreal, Quebec
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- You are entitled and encouraged to use the Pinnacle Software programs
- cited in the copyright notice FREE OF CHARGE, with these restrictions:
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- ■ You may not alter the files in any way (though they may be compressed, or
- stored on varied media).
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- ■ You are permitted to copy portions of the text files related to these
- utilities for your own use, provided these excerpts are distributed with
- one or more of the programs included in "The SEE Utilities".
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- ■ If you are giving any subset of "The SEE Utilities" to others, (i.e. any-
- thing other than the complete package),
- you must include a copy of ┌────────────────────────────┐
- the text file AMAZE.TXT │ Replace this part with the │
- and add this legal ┌────────────┤ names of SEE utilities you │
- notice to your │ │ are using in your package. │
- documentation: │ └────────────────────────────┘
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- ╔═══════════════════════════ │ ═══════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ ┌───────┴───────┐ ║
- ║ The programs SEE and GO-MENU were created by Pinnacle ║
- ║ Software and are used by permission. For more information ║
- ║ about Pinnacle Software, please see the text file AMAZE.TXT ║
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- If you do not have any formal documentation, you must include the notice
- in a text file named READ.ME.
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- ■ For optimum performance and for your protection, we recommend that you
- download the latest copy of SEE from our support BBS at 514-345-8654.
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ "WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?" Some people ask us why we have released these │
- │ utilities as "Freeware". They wonder why we don't ask for some money! │
- │ Well, we like money just as much as anybody else does. But we're try- │
- │ ing something a little different with "The SEE Utilities". As you will │
- │ see when you look at the file AMAZE.TXT, we would like people to get to │
- │ know our larger products, such as our Sapphire BBS system. We figure │
- │ that if people like these utilities, they'll LOVE our other programs! │
- │ So we let people use "The SEE Utilities" for free, as long as they │
- │ don't mind passing around our "advertising flyer" (AMAZE.TXT). │
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- IMPORTANT: SEE is becoming quite popular with software developers, who are
- using it for on-disk documentation. This means that we sometimes get calls
- from users who press F1 and see our phone number in the help screen. We
- have modified the screen accordingly, but we still expect that we will get
- occasional support calls for other products. If you are going to use SEE
- in your product, we recommend that you do the following:
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- (A) State your phone number clearly at the beginning of your documentation.
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- (B) Phone us up and let us know that you will be using SEE in your package.
- We'll note down your number so we can direct your customers to you.
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- CUSTOM VERSIONS: If you need a few changes to any of the SEE utilities, you
- can contract Pinnacle Software to make them for you. Modifications are per-
- formed at a rate of $35 per hour. This rate can be reduced if we believe
- your requirement would appeal to a wide range of our customers.
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- SOURCE CODE LICENSE: You can purchase the Turbo Pascal source code for SEE
- for $135. This entitles you to distribute modified versions of the program.
- The license requires that the program be distributed under a different name
- and requires that you do not divulge the source code to anybody not holding
- a SEE source license for the same or later version.
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- MANUALS: When creating on-disk documentation, we recommend that you:
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- (A) Make sure that no page is longer than 55 lines. Although most matrix
- printers have a page-length of 66 lines, most laser printers have a
- page length of 55. Separate your pages with a form feed, that is to
- say: ASCII 12, Hex $0C. You can see an example of the form feed char-
- acter on the line before the DISTRIBUTION HINTS title box, above.
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- (B) Indent the text slightly to give the user room for a three-hole punch.
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- GENIE: If you are a shareware developer, we recommend that you participate
- in the shareware forum in the HOSB roundtable of the GEnie telecomputing
- network. All you need is a modem, a credit card, and $4.95 a month (current
- U.S. pricing). Dial 1-800-638-9636 (voice) for information. GEnie is a
- service of General Electric and is not affiliated with Pinnacle Software.
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- ║▒ CREDITS: We'd like to thank the following people for their helpful ▒║
- ║▒ suggestions, which we have incorporated into the "SEE" project: ▒║
- ║▒ Paul Mayer, Michael Riley, Pete Smith, Bob Schenot, Dan Stasinski, ▒║
- ║▒ James Ludwick, Marc Branchaud, Michael Kill. Last but not least... ▒║
- ║▒ the rest of the gang in the "HOSB" Shareware Authors Area of GEnie! ▒║
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- Thank-you for trying "The SEE Utilities"! If you have any comments or sug-
- gestions, we'd really like to hear from you. You can call us at any time
- by dialing 514-345-9578 (Voice) or 514-345-8654 (BBS -- up to 9600 bps V32).
- Or write to us!
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- In particular, we'd like to know how YOU are using the utilities!
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- NOV 91 1.00A First public release of SEE
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- DEC 91 1.01A Added "partial print" for printing starting from found text
- 1.02A Printing allows selection of LPT1 and LPT2
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- JAN 92 1.03A Full screen used if video mode is in 43- or 50-line mode
- 1.10A Complete rewrite for faster performance and more functions
- 1.11A Corrected minor problem affecting some Herc cards
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- FEB 92 1.12A Corrected minor problem affecting AT&T PC6300 "CGA" cards
- 1.20A Optimized memory usage to allow listing of larger documents
- Fixed cross-directory listing problem
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- MAR 92 1.30A Printing now offers to translate extended ASCII characters
- 1.31A Supports viewing of read-only files
- 1.31B Minor adjustment to ASCII translation table
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- APR 92 1.32A Print/Char Translation "Yes/No" question wording improved
- 1.33A New ruler function
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- MAY 92 2.00 Added GO-MENU and GETKEY utilities
- 2.10 Added SV utility
- Added to SEE: copy block to file or printer
- Improved support for monochrome 43/50-line mode
- 2.11 Minor cosmetic improvements
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- JUN 92 2.12 SEE: Fixed bug causing error 201 during some copy operations
- SEE: Blocks ($B0 $B1 $B2 $DB) now translate to + (was X)
- Added Midnight utility
- GetKey reduced in size by about 15% without loss of function
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- JAN 93 2.20 SEE: Upgraded to version 2.00
- Support for >80 char lines (up to 255 chars)
- External configuration program (SEESETUP)
- MIDNIGHT: Upgraded to v1.10
- Cross-directory support
- GETKEY: Upgraded to version 1.22
- Fixed occasional problem restoring color
- SV: Upgraded to version 2.02
- Fixed: lock-up on some machines if set to BW 80x25
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- ROOTNAME EXT PURPOSE DESCRIPTION
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- START BAT Batch Guided tour of "The SEE Utilities"
- MYMENU BAT Batch Sample batch file to demonstrate GO-MENU
- MENUSAVE BAT Batch Sample batch file to demonstrate GO-MENU
- TRYGET BAT Batch Sample batch file to demonstrate GETKEY
- FILE_ID DIZ Data Auto-descriptor file used by some BBS's
- VENDOR DOC Docu Distribution information for disk vendors and sysops
- AMAZE DOC Docu About our other programs
- DONE EXE Program Closing screen for START.BAT
- SEE EXE Program Browse & print utility
- SEESETUP EXE Program Configuration program for SEE.EXE
- GO-MENU EXE Program Menu utility
- GETKEY EXE Program Keypress interpreter utility
- SV EXE Program SetVideo utility
- MIDNIGHT EXE Program File-time changing utility
- INT INF Docu Introduction to "The SEE Utilities"
- SEE INF Docu How to use SEE.EXE
- GO-MENU INF Docu How to use GO-MENU.EXE
- GETKEY INF Docu How to use GETKEY.EXE
- SV INF Docu How to use SV.EXE and MIDNIGHT.EXE
- IDEA INF Docu Ideas for using the utilities
- READ ME Docu Tells the user to run START.BAT to begin
- MYMENU MNU Data Menu definition file used by MYMENU.BAT
- (other) MNU Data Menu definition files used by START.BAT
- SEESETUP SBT Data Help text for SEESETUP.EXE
- SEESETUP SBI Data Help index for SEESETUP.EXE
- DESC SDI Data Auto-descriptor file used by some BBS's
- AMAZE TXT Docu Quick-mailer for ordering our other programs
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- The following files may be created automatically when the utilities are
- run. They should NOT be distributed when you pass around copies of The
- SEE Utilities:
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- ROOTNAME EXT PURPOSE DESCRIPTION
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- SEEUTILS.MSV Data Save file for menu selections
- SEE.CFG Data Optional configuration file for SEE.EXE
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